Artificial intelligence shines light on the dark web
New tools can find patterns in vast online data to track and identify users on illicit forums.
Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumors
More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer.
Smaller, faster, better: Nanoscale batteries may power future technology
Novel batteries are the first to use water-splitting technology at their core.
New facilities will keep Lincoln Laboratory at the forefront of advanced prototyping
Facility modernization plan includes a new compound semiconductor laboratory and microsystem integration facility that will enable modern innovation.
Developing tech for, and with, people with disabilities
Sixth annual Assistive Technologies Hackathon paired students with client co-designers to create innovative solutions to the everyday problems they face.
Supercomputers can spot cyber threats
Lincoln Laboratory researchers have developed a technique to compress hours of internet traffic into a bundle that can be analyzed for suspicious behavior.
Workshop explores national security repercussions of climate change
Experts assess potential global destabilization caused by climate change impacts on water supplies, land use, and migration.
Six MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2019
Members have made advances in molecular processes, rheology, computer networking, nanocrystalline metals, affective computing, and semiconductor tech.
Three graduate students named 2019 Aviation Week “20 Twenties”
Casey Evans, Stewart Isaacs, and Jessica Zhu are honored for outstanding academic performance, civic contributions, and research.
From the Marines to MIT
Brent Minchew has flown presidents and foreign dignitaries on Marine One. Today he studies how ice sheets evolve and respond to changing climate.
SuperUROP: Showcasing students' research work in progress
Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session.
MIT’s REXIS and Bennu’s watery surface
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft, carrying MIT instrument, arrived at asteroid in December; now begins the science to select a sampling location.
Q&A: The talent shortage in quantum computing
William Oliver says a lack of available quantum scientists and engineers may be an inhibitor of the technology’s growth.
Physicists record “lifetime” of graphene qubits
First measurement of its kind could provide stepping stone to practical quantum computing.
Lidar accelerates hurricane recovery in the Carolinas
Lincoln Laboratory's lidar data, processed quickly with support from the organization MCNC, helped FEMA assess flooding and damages caused by Hurricane Florence.